Dear Robin Panza:

    I am sorry to belabor my point, but please hear me on this
    important issue:  When I write about the importance of better
    salaries and benefits in the museum field, I am *not* stating that
    we (the professionals) should push to get rich.  Getting rich has
    never been the point of this discussion regarding salaries and
    benefits in the field.

    Once again I ask:  Why do we as professionals see such things as
    medical coverage as an added benefit?  What other profession
    out there does this philosophy transfer to?  Teachers?  Plumbers?
    Accountants?  Why are so many museum professionals
    unwilling to say that they are worth a good salary and
    benefits?

    John Handley
    San Francisco